Which do you choose: your truth or funky energy?

The whole needs business from two blog posts ago has been on my mind quite a bit. Really amazing what kind of funky energy we/I generate when we second guess if we are "entitled" to have our needs, boundaries or our "no". If we can be clean and clear and really keep the negative self-talk that says something like "you need to be pleasing to all or you aren't of value" to a minimum then when we actually express our needs it is clearer, cleaner and way more loving towards both parties. Our expression is devoid of the funk because our whole heart is behind our words.

One of the issues that has come up time and time again for me is how much I am willing to share about my I LOVE ME tee business. I get varied responses from folks who ask me to share my suppliers and I express my need to keep some things exclusive. I have learned that this simple act of expressing my need is not such a simple act but the greatest invitation and blessing of doing this I LOVE ME project. It challenges that part of me that believes in order to be part of a community I have to please everyone and never have a no...an old habit I am getting a lot of support breaking. It challenges me to choose my truth over creating funky energy.

To me, it felt clear that before I started creating a business around I LOVE ME tees I had to get clear where my boundaries, where my "yes's" and "no's" were. I am trying to live I LOVE ME in the context of the doing smart business and that means organizing in a particular way around what it is I need in business and around this message. That is not devoid of being in community.

I think what is so amazing and creative and desirable about a supportive community is how you contribute where you choose and you don't in the places you choose not to, you stretch and grow and as a community you create more than you can alone but you also drum up a lot of intimacy. Heartfelt and authentic truth speaking is supported in a nurturing way that deepens not only intimacy but also our sense of aliveness. My intention is to speak clearly from my ground and from my heart in an authentic clear contactful way around my truth and give space and a deeply attentive ear to others to speak theirs as well. To me, this kind of contact is exciting stuff!

What is your truth and how are you choosing to express it?